Avner Hershlag: Facts About Natalie Portman’s Father

Avner Hershlag

Who Is Avner Hershlag, Natalie Portman’s Father?

Avner Hershlag is the father of Natalie Portman born Natalie Hershlag. Avner’s daughter Natalie Portman is a celebrity. She is an Israeli-born American actress, director, and producer. She began her acting career starring as Mathilda Lando in the action film Léon: The Professional (1994). She played Jane Foster in the Marvel Cinematic Universe superhero films Thor (2011), Thor: The Dark World (2013), and Thor: Love and Thunder (2022).

Avner Hershlag: Bio Summary

Name Avner Hershlag
Famous asfather of Natalie Portman
Date of birth 12 September 1951
Birthplace Jerusalem, Israel
Nationality Israeli
Parents Mania Portman and Zvi Yehuda Hershlag
Spouse Shelley Stevens
Children Natalie Portman
Occupation Gynecologist

Avner Hershlag is a fertility specialist and the father of Natalie Portman. Natalie is the only child of Avner. Avner is said to have decided to become a fertility specialist after he witnessed a close family member of his struggle with infertility for more than a decade. He was born on September 12, 1951, in Jerusalem, Israel.

Avner Hershlag will become 72 years old when he celebrates his birthday in 2023, on September 12. He is the son of Mania Portman and Zvi Yehuda Hershlag. His parents were Jewish immigrants to Israel. He met Shelley (née Stevens), his future wife at Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. They got married and welcomed their only child, actress Natalie Hershlag (Natalie Portman) on Shelley’s 29th birthday.

Shelley was born on June 9, 1952, and Natalie was born on June 9, 1981. Shelley is a homemaker who also works as Natalie’s agent. Avner Hershlag and his family first lived in Washington, D.C., but relocated to Connecticut in 1988 before moving to Long Island in 1990.

Avner Is A Gynecologist

Dr. Avner Hershlag is a gynecologist. He is a Clinical Professor Of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Medicine, Renaissance School of Medicine, Stony Brook University. He worked as a Resident at Hadassah University Department of Surgery. He was the Administrative Chief Resident of The George Washington University Medical School Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

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Dr. Avner Hershlag was a Postdoctoral Fellow REI at Yale School of MedicineDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology. He served as an Attending Physician at North Shore University Hospital Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. He was a Program Director of REI Fellowship and Attending Physician of New York Reproductive Wellness. He was Chief at Northwell Health Fertility.

Dr. Avner Hershlag also serves as the Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Medicine at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell. He is the Chief Medical Officer of Modern Fertility and also the Attending Physician of Plainview and Syosset Hospitals, Northwell Health. He is the Attending Physician of Island Fertility, Stony Brook Medicine as well.

Dr. Avner Hershlag is double board-certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Endocrinology. For over 30 years, he has cared for patients and established successful programs at Northwell Health, including Preimplantation Genetic Testing (PGT), Egg Freezing, Fertility Preservation for cancer patients, and Donor Eggs (Third Party Reproduction).

Dr.Avner Hershlag finished his undergraduate training in his native country, Israel. He is a graduate of the Hadassah Medical School in Jerusalem. Even in medical school, he was elected Director of Medical Education of the International Federation of Medical Students Society. Following three years of a General Surgery residency at Hadassah, he moved to the United States in 1984.

Dr.Avner Hershlag completed his Ob-Gyn residency at the George Washington University Medical Center and a fellowship in Reproductive Endocrinology at Yale University School of Medicine. He is actively engaged in several research projects on fertility. He has made research that has recently focused on the impact of genetics on infertility and fertility preservation and prevention of cancer through genetic screening and PGT.

The fertility specialist, Dr. Avner Hershlag is also invested in access to fertility care and the ethics of reproductive technologies. Frequently, he participates in international conferences. He recently organized and co-chaired the SARG meeting in Tel Aviv, Israel (virtual in 2020) and chaired a course in preimplantation genetic testing (PGT) at the CoGen meeting in Paris, France (virtual in 2020).

Dr. Avner Hershlag is a past member of the board of directors of RESOLVE: The National Infertility Association. He has received various awards for his work. He has received awards, including multiple awards from The American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM), and the Excellence in Teaching Award from the Association of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics (APGO).

Avner Has Written Several Books

Natalie Portman’s father Avner Hershlag is also an author. Besides being a celebrity parent and a gynecologist, he has written some books. According to a source, Avner has authored more than 75 peer-reviewed papers, over 30 book chapters, and a novel entitled Misconception. His debut novel was a “Fertility Thriller”.

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Avner Hershlag’s debut novel Misconception, which he is said to have self-published in January 2010 was “making the rounds of major houses.” The book which is a thriller that touches on politics, genetics, reproduction, and a little science fiction, centers on Dr. Anya Krim, a fertility specialist herself, whose patients include the desperate-to-get-pregnant First Lady and a senator’s comatose, inexplicably knocked-up daughter, per sources.

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Ruth Kai Botchway is a Senior Editor at Dicytrends.com. She is a graduate of All Stars Media College (2021) with a Diploma in Journalism and Media Studies. With more than two years experience in Journalism, she has served as an intern at Accra FM and worked with Green TV and Ashiaman TV. She worked as a Maritime Journalist/ influencer, producing Port and Maritime agenda initially aired on Ashiaman TV. You can reach her via email: Ruthbotch1912@gmail.com

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